Saturday, January 6, 2018

Three of the top four seeds are through to the semi-finals at the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) 2018 Los Angeles Open in Canoga Park, California. But top seed and IRT #1 Rocky Carson needed a tie-breaker to defeat 9th seed Sebastian Franco, 9-15, 15-11, 11-3. Carson will play IRT #4 Daniel De La Rosa in the semi-finals Saturday, as De La Rosa was an easy winner over Jansen Allen, 15-2, 15-3.

On the other side of the draw, IRT #2 Kane Waselenchuk defeated Alejandro Landa, 15-11, 15-9, in the quarterfinals. Waselenchuk will face Mario Mercado in the semi-finals, as Mercado had a forfeit win over IRT #3 Alvaro Beltran.

The doubles quarterfinals are Saturday morning at 9 and 10 AM with the singles semi-finals in the afternoon at 2 and 3 PM and the doubles semi-finals at 5 and 6 PM in the evening. Go to the IRT Network, or the IRT Facebook page, for the action. The singles final will be Sunday at 11 AM followed by the doubles final at noon. All times Pacific.